Policy 101: how policy is made and how to influence it

This IN-PERSON session is available to PGRs, research staff and research-related professional services staff from the University of Liverpool. When registering for this event please ensure you use your University email address as non-University email registrations will be removed due to capacity restrictions, thank you.

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This session opens up the ‘black box’ of policy-making to set out: what policy-makers are looking for, how research and evidence is used, and how you can identify and develop opportunities for policy influence from your own research.

This session will draw upon the Heseltine Institute’s public policy expertise and experience at generating policy impact, in order to give critical and practice insights in how to generate impact.

This session is part of a programme of policy impact training provided by the Heseltine Institute commissioned through the University’s ESRC Impact Accelerator Account.

Session outline/ plan

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Gained understanding of how policy-making works
• Developed insights into how research and evidence is used in policy-making
• Begun to develop a personal policy impact plan

Presenter information:

This session will be led by Catherine Durose (she/her), Professor of Public Policy and Co-Director of the Heseltine Institute of Public Policy, Practice and Place (HI). 

The Researcher Development Framework (RDF) attributes developed during this session are relevant to the following sub-domains:

Domain A: Knowledge and Intellectual Abilities

A1: Knowledge base

A2: Cognitive Abilities

A3: Creativity

Domain B: Personal Effectiveness

B3: Professional and Career Development

Domain D: Engagement, Influence and Impact

D1: Working with Others

D2: Communication and Dissemination

D3: Engagement and Impact

Accessibility Adjustments and Alternative Format requests: If you require any accessibility adjustments or have any questions about this session, please contact the Academy's RD team Researcher@liverpool.ac.uk at least 7 days before the session date so that your requirements can be referred to the facilitator(s) who will make every effort to address them where possible.

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